{"id":2151,"date":"2025-04-11T21:52:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/?p=2151"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:52:28","slug":"education-department-newsletter-april-11-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/2025\/04\/11\/education-department-newsletter-april-11-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Department Newsletter, April 11, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u25a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honor Cords Awards Ceremony: The Augsburg Education Department invites you to celebrate graduation on April 12<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Noon to 1:00 pm in the East Commons of the Christensen Center. Education graduates will receive honor cords to wear at graduation at this event, which will feature the Thrive Keynote Speaker. Light refreshments will be served.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u25a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teach English Abroad with TEFL Iberia: TEFL Iberia (located in Barcelona, Spain) provides training and placement for students interested in living abroad and teaching English. Contact them at &lt;coordination@tefl-iberia.com&gt; or go to: &lt;https:\/\/visit tefl-iberia.com\/apply\/&gt; to complete an online application form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u25a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lead Adaptive Sports in Bloomington, Minnesota This Summer: The city of Bloomington, Minnesota Parks and Recreation Department is hiring instructors for Adaptive Sports for this summer. Go to: &lt;https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/bloomingtonmn&gt; for more information or to apply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u25a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholarship Opportunity for Education Majors &#8211; June 6th Deadline: The 2025 MMU\/Audrey Erskine Scholarship Award ranges in value from $350.00 to $500.00. The recipient(s) of the scholarship award will be selected from undergrads who are juniors and seniors enrolled in a college or university, which prepares students for a teaching career in the preschool, elementary, or secondary level in Minnesota.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to post the scholarship application on your website, please include the following\/along with the attached application:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Applicants must be:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pursuing a course of study to become a teacher at the preschool, elementary, or secondary level<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently a student in their junior or senior year of college<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A current member of Education Minnesota Student Program (preferred)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The firm application deadline is June 6, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For any questions, please contact Clara Waddell at 320-253-2530 or &lt;clara.waddell@edmn.org&gt;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u25a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Field Experience and Student Teaching Placement Information:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For questions about Field Experience and Student Teaching Placement, contact the Education Placement Coordinator, Maria Shelton, &lt;shelton2@augsburg.edu&gt;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For questions about Student Teaching, contact the Clinical Experience and Partnership Coordinator, Tiffany Moore, &lt;<\/span><a href=\"mailto:mooret2@augsburg.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mooret2@augsburg.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For questions about Anthology Portfolio, contact the Education Department Unit Leader, Erin Moore, &lt;mooree2@augsburg.edu&gt;.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clinical Experience Team Office Hours:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Clinical Experience Team is offering regular virtual office hours. Members of the Clinical Experience Team will be available to answer questions about program requirements, field experience, student teaching, licensure, Anthology Portfolio, and other Education Department questions. Visit the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/education-department-calendar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Education Department Calendar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &lt;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/education-department-calendar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/education-department-calendar\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&gt; for more information on times and links to the office hours sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Submitting news to Augsburg:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the Education Department Newsletter: Send your news to Joseph Erickson at C.B. 312 or erickson-AT-augsburg.edu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the Augsburg Now published by the Augsburg University Office of Public Relations and Communication: Send your news to C.B. 145 or now@augsburg.edu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To the daily A-Mail electronic newsletter: Go to AugNet Home Page and login. Then click on the \u201cSubmit News and Announcements\u201d link.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Connecting with Alumni and Friends:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Augsburg University provides several ways to stay connected with alumni and friends. Here are some links to get you started:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alumni Information Update: Submit news and contact information changes to the university\u2019s Alumni Office.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TC2 New Teachers\u2019 Blog<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u25a0 Honor Cords Awards Ceremony: The Augsburg Education Department invites you to celebrate graduation on April 12th from Noon to 1:00 pm in the East Commons of the Christensen Center. Education graduates will receive honor cords to wear at graduation at this event, which will feature the Thrive Keynote Speaker. Light refreshments will be served. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/2025\/04\/11\/education-department-newsletter-april-11-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Education Department Newsletter, April 11, 2025&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2152,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2151\/revisions\/2152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/edstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}